On Mon July 15 2024 09:00:45 William Morder via tde-users wrote:
On Monday 15 July 2024 08:32:18 Mike Bird via tde-users wrote:
I am dying to hear what's up.
Please show me exactly what happens when as root and in the directory containing this package file you do:
dpkg -i apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64.deb
--Mike
Whoops, sorry! My mistake. (I am just barely awake, still waiting on coffee.)
Here is the correct output:
dpkg: version 2.6.1devuan1 of apt already installed, skipping
Looks like a Devuan bug. Debian allows packages to be installed over themselves to fix file corruption problems - see the unpacking 2.6.1 over 2.6.1 note:
# dpkg -i apt_2.6.1_amd64.deb (Reading database ... 231232 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack apt_2.6.1_amd64.deb ... Unpacking apt (2.6.1) over (2.6.1) ... Setting up apt (2.6.1) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u7) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ...
To work around the Devuan bug try:
dpkg --remove apt:amd64 dpkg -i apt_2.6.1devuan1_amd64.deb
If that doesn't work please show me:
dpkg -C apt dpkg -V apt
--Mike